Babson Park, Mass. - The Babson College men's tennis team earned its first New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) victory of the season on Tuesday, as the Beavers defeated visiting Clark University, 7-2, in the first league contest of the spring for both teams.

With the victory, Babson improved to 4-8 overall, while Clark fell to 2-3.

The Beavers recorded a sweep of doubles play to start the match, including 8-2 wins by senior captain Ken Lin and junior Austin Conti at number two and sophomore Taylor Dutton and first-year Zach Ringer at three. The closest battle in doubles play took place at number one, where the Babson duo of senior captain Brian Lafayette and junior Justin Albert edged out Clark's tandem of Diego Angel (Lima, Peru) and Harris Rollinger (Lexington, Mass.), 9-7.

Clark got on the board by winning two of the top three singles matchups, including a 6-3, 6-4 win by Angel at number one and a 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (10-3) super-breaker win by Rollinger at three.

However, Babson clinched the match by winning the remaining four contests, with first-year Simeon Human prevailing at number two, 6-1, 6-0, sophomore Danny Schneider winning at four, 6-2, 6-1, first-year Rushab Tanna earning a 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5) super-breaker victory at five, and senior Edwin Lee cruising to a 6-0, 6-2 win at six.